HAYWARD - Glenn Oleon's best experience since taking the Alameda Superior Court bench 18 months ago was when an 11-year-old gi...

SAN FRANCISCO - For the second straight year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will get a significant boost in its annual...

LOS ANGELES - The president of a New York financial advisory firm who appeared on TV to tout stock of a now-defunct Van Nuys c...

SAN FRANCISCO - Larry Sonsini's decision to step down as Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's CEO after more than two decad...

SANTA ANA - A judge halted the opening arguments of a defense attorney in a gang rape retrial Monday, telling the attorney he ...

WASHINGTON - Congress should give federal judges at least a year to work with the advisory sentencing guidelines created last ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a fender-bender between former District Attorney Tere...

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge has moved the city of Los Angeles' civil fraud trial against public relations firm Fleish...

SAN FRANCISCO - An unusually bitter Proposition 65 battle in which defendants seek more than $2.4 million in fees and costs f...

RIVERSIDE - A state appellate panel in Riverside on Monday overturned a $12,000 award of attorney fees assessed against plaint...

Column - By Garry Abrams - What went down at the Pacific Dining Car in downtown Los Angeles Thursday morning? ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A wide-ranging constitutional amendment to overhaul California's court system - including state judges' terms...

LOS ANGELES - A jury Monday ordered a Manhattan Beach man to pay an eye-popping $1.8 billion in punitive damages to contestant...

SACRAMENTO - A trial court employee who sued the court for harassment and discrimination on the job but had her claims dismis...

LOS ANGELES - In a blow to labor, a state appellate panel ruled Monday that the Los Angeles Times can yank commission payments...

Los Angeles real estate attorney William Birney III says in-house jobs often lack variety. Companies are likely to ship the "s...

Angiosyn Inc., a San Diego startup working on a treatment for age-related blindness, has agreed to be acquired by Pfizer Inc. ...

Sharon Tomkins' resume may be decorated with countless awards, but the one she's most proud of is the only one not on display....

Rob Christopher, an intellectual-property and antitrust litigator from Coudert Brothers' recently shuttered Palo Alto office h...

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area hosted a luncheon Jan. 25 to give its members a much-des...

SANTA ANA - Joe Cavallo learned early on that nothing came easy. The son of poor Italian immigrants, Cavallo shared a bed with...

EXTRA Closer Column - Mediation - By Elizabeth A. Moreno - In California, ethnic minorities constitute the majority of the pop...

The magic has never worn off for Jay Cooper. As an attorney for Grammy-nominated artists like singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, b...

Students who enrolled in radiology technician-training at two Southern California technical schools claim their alma maters fa...

Considering a lawsuit against U-Haul? Better think twice. The moving industry giant is on a winning streak after unloading two...

INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Cruzan/Monroe sold Parkway Centre 6, a 125,196-square-foot research-and-development project located at 142...

An engagement ring loses its sentimental value after a divorce. But, following an 18-month marriage, Sarah J. Schauer didn't e...